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Year Month Recipient
1975 3 Nalionai Science Foundation
1975 4 National Science Foundation, NASA, and the Office of Naval
1975 5
1975 5 Army Corps of Engineers
1975 6
Reason
For squandering $84,000 to try to find out why people fall in love.
For spending over $500,000 to determine under what conditions rats, monkeys, and humans bite and clench their jaws.
For a $98,029 contract given to study the ali-volunleer army concept
in foreign countries two years after an all-volunteer army was adopted by the U.S,
Foran attempt to commit billions of dollars to build a series of new locks and dams on the Mississippi River under a 1909 law designed only for the maintenance, repair, or replacement of existing structures.
For living high off the hog while much of the rest of the country is suffering economic disaster.
1975 7 Bureau of Land
1975 8 Federal Aviation Administration
1975 8 National Institute on Drug Abuse
1975
Department of the Navy
For requiring useless papew/ork on a contract that resulted in a $4000 piece of equipment costing over$15,000.
For a $57,800 study of the body measurements of airline stewardess trainees for the purpose of safety equipment.
For spending more than $1 million to probe marijuana effects on sexual arousal, hypnosis, facial expressions of Americans, marijuana use among the Zulus and the use of Qat by the people in the Arabian Peninsula.
For using 64 aircraft to fly 1334 officers to the Hilton Hotel in Las Vegas for a reunion of a pmate organization during the height of the energy crisis.
1975 10 Nationallnstitute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
1975 11 Frank Zarb, Administrator of the Federal Energy Administration
For spending millions of dollars to find out If drunk fish are more aggressive tlian sober fisli, ï young rats are more likely than adult rats to dnnk booze in order to reduce anxiety, and of rats can be systematically turned unto alcoholics.
For spending $25,000 and using almost 19,000 gallons of fuel in ten months jetting about the country in chartered aircraft urging businessmen and civic groups to economize on energy resources.

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Electronic Publication Date

2010

Digital Identifier

TP525000

Description

In March 1975, Wisconsin Sen. William Proxmire sent out his first press release identifying wasteful government spending. He called these monthly bulletins "Golden Fleece Awards" and they became a popular feature of his Senate tenure. Given here are digital copies of the Golden Fleece press releases, 1975-1987, from Sen. Proxmire's papers. In this digital version, each year opens with his summary of the 12 awards. A handful of the monthly press releases are missing and none have survived from 1984, which contains only the annual summary. The whole series is preceded by a 12-page list of all 159 awards compiled by WHS staff in 2010, and two undated compilations compiled by Sen. Proxmire's office.

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Electronic Publication Date

2010

Owner

Wisconsin Historical Society Archives

Format

Text

Owner Collection

Main Stacks

Owner Object ID

Wis Mss 738, Box 158, Folders 1-5

Full Text

Year Month Recipient
1975 3 Nalionai Science Foundation
1975 4 National Science Foundation, NASA, and the Office of Naval
1975 5
1975 5 Army Corps of Engineers
1975 6
Reason
For squandering $84,000 to try to find out why people fall in love.
For spending over $500,000 to determine under what conditions rats, monkeys, and humans bite and clench their jaws.
For a $98,029 contract given to study the ali-volunleer army concept
in foreign countries two years after an all-volunteer army was adopted by the U.S,
Foran attempt to commit billions of dollars to build a series of new locks and dams on the Mississippi River under a 1909 law designed only for the maintenance, repair, or replacement of existing structures.
For living high off the hog while much of the rest of the country is suffering economic disaster.
1975 7 Bureau of Land
1975 8 Federal Aviation Administration
1975 8 National Institute on Drug Abuse
1975
Department of the Navy
For requiring useless papew/ork on a contract that resulted in a $4000 piece of equipment costing over$15,000.
For a $57,800 study of the body measurements of airline stewardess trainees for the purpose of safety equipment.
For spending more than $1 million to probe marijuana effects on sexual arousal, hypnosis, facial expressions of Americans, marijuana use among the Zulus and the use of Qat by the people in the Arabian Peninsula.
For using 64 aircraft to fly 1334 officers to the Hilton Hotel in Las Vegas for a reunion of a pmate organization during the height of the energy crisis.
1975 10 Nationallnstitute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
1975 11 Frank Zarb, Administrator of the Federal Energy Administration
For spending millions of dollars to find out If drunk fish are more aggressive tlian sober fisli, ï young rats are more likely than adult rats to dnnk booze in order to reduce anxiety, and of rats can be systematically turned unto alcoholics.
For spending $25,000 and using almost 19,000 gallons of fuel in ten months jetting about the country in chartered aircraft urging businessmen and civic groups to economize on energy resources.